I would like to start by saying that top pair/top kicker is sort of a double edged sword. Obviously it is a great situation as you have the best possible single pair hand. That said, a single pair is a very vulnerable holding. Another issue is dominated hands. Often we have duplication in our holdings but when one player holds a higher rank card as his kicker the other player is usually drawing to only 3 outs. So, with that preamble I would like to share with you my experience this week during our Wednesday night tournament.
I started off very well the first hand of the tournament, calling a fairly large pre-flop bet with KQ suited. I hit top pair with 2nd best kicker. There was action on my flop and turn bet, winning the river on showdown. I was doubled up. My trouble started early as well when I raised UTG with A/J and was called by almost the whole table. Flop came down A/6/7. I continuation bet and got one caller. The turn brought an 8 and again called when I bet. The river was a 9 and I made one last bet. Called. He turns over A/6 off for a winning 2 pair. So, now still above starting stack, I find AK suited in the big blind. After a couple of limpers the button raises to 150. I re-raise to 400. Both a limper and the button call me. Flop comes down K/J/10 and I fire a big bet. The limper calls and the button folds. The turn is a small card, I fire again and the limper shoves. Call. He turns over KJ for 2 pair. I still have 6 outs but fail to find a queen or ace. I am now short stacked.
My final hand is AK suited in the big blind, middle position short stack shoves, call. He has 8/8 and I fail to find my spades, an ace or a king and am the first out of the tournament. What did I do wrong? I am going out on a limb here and say "nothing". I thought the first losing hand was sort of stupid as he caught his 3 outer on a hand that by all good judgement he should have folded preflop. A/6 off? Really? What early position raising hand is he ahead of?
The second beat was much worse in my opinion. That guy was most definitely the monkey in the middle between a raising button who has position on him and a re-raising big blind with a big stack. I am continually amazed that players put so much faith in K/J. It is an easily dominated hand, and also suffers from the gap. Yet, I see players often getting very frisky with it, and sometimes winning.
The very last hand was sad because I was eliminated being unable to find 6 outs when the previous hands were lost with a total of 6 outs against me. Just plain unlucky.
I started off very well the first hand of the tournament, calling a fairly large pre-flop bet with KQ suited. I hit top pair with 2nd best kicker. There was action on my flop and turn bet, winning the river on showdown. I was doubled up. My trouble started early as well when I raised UTG with A/J and was called by almost the whole table. Flop came down A/6/7. I continuation bet and got one caller. The turn brought an 8 and again called when I bet. The river was a 9 and I made one last bet. Called. He turns over A/6 off for a winning 2 pair. So, now still above starting stack, I find AK suited in the big blind. After a couple of limpers the button raises to 150. I re-raise to 400. Both a limper and the button call me. Flop comes down K/J/10 and I fire a big bet. The limper calls and the button folds. The turn is a small card, I fire again and the limper shoves. Call. He turns over KJ for 2 pair. I still have 6 outs but fail to find a queen or ace. I am now short stacked.
My final hand is AK suited in the big blind, middle position short stack shoves, call. He has 8/8 and I fail to find my spades, an ace or a king and am the first out of the tournament. What did I do wrong? I am going out on a limb here and say "nothing". I thought the first losing hand was sort of stupid as he caught his 3 outer on a hand that by all good judgement he should have folded preflop. A/6 off? Really? What early position raising hand is he ahead of?
The second beat was much worse in my opinion. That guy was most definitely the monkey in the middle between a raising button who has position on him and a re-raising big blind with a big stack. I am continually amazed that players put so much faith in K/J. It is an easily dominated hand, and also suffers from the gap. Yet, I see players often getting very frisky with it, and sometimes winning.
The very last hand was sad because I was eliminated being unable to find 6 outs when the previous hands were lost with a total of 6 outs against me. Just plain unlucky.
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That's alot of really bad luck dude.
The pick
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